Live at The Spiral, NYC 3/19/1998

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The songs were faster, and heavier. Strings broke, cables came unplugged, guitars went out of tune, mic cables were tangled, lyrics forgotten, yet Aaron skipped no lines. At this point we were pretty good at controlling our chaos. The show was important but so were the songs.

This set was our second of the day. Around 6:30 p.m., we played at Coney Island High somewhere in the city, next to a cool comic shop and a pretty good pizzeria. With a few hours to kill after the earlier set, we took to the streets with the Squad and Johnny Respect guys. Some of us ended up at the ESB on an already foggy night. The call on the ground was zero visibility but we went to the top anyway. The misty clouds glided on the concrete rooftop and the view within spurts of dissipation was still quite epic (pun fully intended). Another several-block journey landed us at The Spiral for a late-night set, following a dapper band named Champagne Reign. Our tour mates and their merch crew composed most of our audience. We had played there once before and we knew the deal, so we handed the sound guy our blank cassette, he put in the deck, hit record, and we let 'er rip. If you are listening, you are hearing the board mix of controlled chaos on cassette.

We had just written the featured "Absent Sounds" songs on tour. They were still new and slightly different than what we eventually recorded for the album. About four or five more songs made the rest of the set but have not yet been converted to digital.

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released January 7, 2012

Aaron, Brett, Lu, Jeff, Ed.

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Dear Ephesus Orlando, Florida

Aaron Wiederspahn
Brett Levsen
Ed Lamoso
Louis Defabrizio
Jeff Irizarry

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